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1Those who eat and drink the Fear of God, find the most excellent peace.

2Associating with the humble servants of the Lord, they are carried across.

3They speak the Truth, and lovingly inspire others to speak it as well.

4The Word of the Guru's Shabad is the most excellent occupation. ||7||

5Those who take the Lord's Praises as their karma and Dharma, their honor and worship service

6their sexual desire and anger are burnt off in the fire.

7They taste the sublime essence of the Lord, and their minds are drenched with it.

8Prays Nanak, there is no other at all. ||8||5||

9Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

10Chant the Lord's Name, and worship Him deep within your being.

11Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and no other. ||1||

12The One is pervading all places.

13I do not see any other; unto whom should I offer worship? ||1||Pause||

14I place my mind and body in offering before You; I dedicate my soul to You.

15As it pleases You, You save me, Lord; this is my prayer. ||2||

16True is that tongue which is delighted by the sublime essence of the Lord.

17Following the Guru's Teachings, one is saved in the Sanctuary of God. ||3||

18My God created religious rituals.

19He placed the glory of the Naam above these rituals. ||4||

20The four great blessings are under the control of the True Guru.

21When the first three are put aside, one is blessed with the fourth. ||5||

22Those whom the True Guru blesses with liberation and meditation

23realize the Lord's State, and become sublime. ||6||

24Their minds and bodies are cooled and soothed; the Guru imparts this understanding.

25Who can estimate the value of those whom God has exalted? ||7||

26Says Nanak, the Guru has imparted this understanding;

27without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, no one is emancipated. ||8||6||

28Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

29Some are forgiven by the Primal Lord God; the Perfect Guru makes the true making.

30Those who are attuned to the Love of the Lord are imbued with Truth forever; their pains are dispelled, and they obtain honor. ||1||

31False are the clever tricks of the evil-minded.

32They shall disappear in no time at all. ||1||Pause||

33Pain and suffering afflict the self-willed manmukh. The pains of the self-willed manmukh shall never depart.

34The Gurmukh recognizes the Giver of pleasure and pain. He merges in His Sanctuary. ||2||

35The self-willed manmukhs do not know loving devotional worship; they are insane, rotting away in their egotism.

36This mind flies in an instant from the heavens to the underworld, as long as it does not know the Word of the Shabad. ||3||

37The world has become hungry and thirsty; without the True Guru, it is not satisfied.

38Merging intuitively in the Celestial Lord, peace is obtained, and one goes to the Lord's Court wearing robes of honor. ||4||

39The Lord in His Court is Himself the Knower and Seer; the Word of the Guru's Bani is Immaculate.

40He Himself is the Awareness of Truth; He Himself understands the state of nirvaanaa. ||5||

41He made the waves of water, the fire and the air, and then joined the three together to form the world.

42He blessed these elements with such power, that they remain subject to His Command. ||6||

43How rare are those humble beings in this world, whom the Lord tests and places in His Treasury.

44They rise above social status and color, and rid themselves of possessiveness and greed. ||7||

45Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, they are like immaculate sacred shrines; they are rid of the pain and pollution of egotism.

46Nanak washes the feet of those who, as Gurmukh, love the True Lord. ||8||7||